GUILTY: the jury is in on Barack Obama's political mentor Tony Rezko

After 13 days of deliberation on 24 counts, the jurors in the first Tony Rezko corruption trial have reached a verdict on his kickback schemes involving companies that do business with the state. Via RezkoWatch, here is the breakdown of the decisions handed down in federal court at 3:45 PM:

> Guilty on 12 of 15 counts mail/wire fraud
> Not Guilty on 1 count attempted extortion
> Guilty on 2 of 6 counts corrupt solicitation
> Guilty on 2 counts money laundering

For more details see RezkoWatch.